.xer and MS Project out
Hand Big State AI the estimate in whatever form it's in — an Excel table, a PDF, a
photo of your whiteboard, a plain-language description — and get back a real,
logic-linked CPM schedule in the
native file your tools import: Primavera P6 (.xer) and
MS Project. Run against DCMA-style checks, with a Basis of Schedule.
Take a photo of the board you already drew — boxes, arrows, durations, the dates in the margin — and get a real Primavera P6 schedule back, reviewed by you, emailed to you.
Start with a photoThe estimate already holds the job. Big State AI reads it — Excel, PDF, or a plain-language description — and returns a working CPM schedule with the documentation a reviewer expects, then helps you keep it current month after month. Refine it in your own tools; P6 and MS Project stay the system of record.
Your estimate becomes a logic-linked critical-path schedule you can open in
Primavera P6 (.xer), Microsoft Project, or as a Gantt — with
11×17 print-ready PDFs.
Every schedule ships with an auto-documented Basis of Schedule and a plain-language narrative — the story of the job, already written down.
Mark progress, move the data date, preview the reforecast, and export the owner's package — look-ahead views, an executive summary, and a field-ready progress sheet. Set a baseline and see slip at a glance.
DCMA-style health checks — open ends, constraints, float, logic — with one-click fixes. Your judgment stays the final word.
Coming next: Word-document intake, and activity codes and resource assignments pulled from your company template dictionaries. These are being built — they are not available today.
Upload the Excel estimate or takeoff, a PDF, a photo of your whiteboard, or an
existing .xer to use as a reference — or just describe the job. Scope,
milestones, and the constraints you already know.
It builds a draft CPM schedule plus the Basis of Schedule and narrative to go with it, run against DCMA-style health checks.
Adjust durations and logic — a built-in assistant answers questions as you go — then export to Primavera P6, MS Project, or a Gantt for your team.
Generated by Big State AI from fictional scopes — watermarked as a first draft
for scheduler review. Every package also includes the native Primavera P6
(.xer) and MS Project (.xml) files.
One coherent package for the commercial warehouse above — the documentation generated alongside the schedule, and the monthly update that keeps it current.
Credits when you build now and then. Standard when the schedules keep coming. Professional when you own the monthly update. Pricing lives in the app.
Choose any model for a build, Opus included. Bring larger estimate tables and multi-page PDFs. Run the analyzer, the schedule comparison and the progress sheet as often as the month needs, and photograph your boards without a monthly cap on runs.
Plans are set up on your account by us — buying credits doesn't switch one on. Email ai@bigstate.ai and we'll get you set up.
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Everything in Standard, plus the monthly progress update: progress
your schedule to the data date, set a baseline and see the variance, read honest
findings on what moved — then send the owner a real P6 .xer with current
and baseline in one file. It also builds the larger schedules Standard stops short of.
Plans are set up on your account by us — buying credits doesn't switch one on. Email ai@bigstate.ai and we'll get you set up.
See plans in the appBig State AI produces a professional first draft. Activities, logic, durations, and dates are generated from your inputs plus assumptions and exclusions — not all of which appear in the output.
It's not a certified deliverable — every schedule needs review and certification by a qualified scheduler before any use or submission. P6 remains the authority on calculated dates. We build that into the product on purpose — it's how good schedules get made.
17+ years of Primavera P6 baselines, with PMP and PSP certifications. Our founder learned the craft from mentors who drew schedules on paper and ran the forward and backward pass by hand; that hand-me-down judgment is what Big State AI encodes.
Schedulers, planners, and PMs already have the estimate — what costs them the week is typing it into P6. Big State AI does that first build, so your time goes to the logic, the durations, and the judgment calls only you can make.
Create your account and bring an estimate — you'll have a schedule to review in minutes.
Tell us about the work you schedule and we'll reach out to get you set up personally.
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